Shear wave elastography in healthy patients: Pancreatic stiffness is less reliable than liver and spleen measurements

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World J Radiol. Nov 28, 2025; 17(11): 111651
Published online Nov 28, 2025. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i11.111651

Table 2 Median liver stiffness values

SWE technique	2D-QElaXto (10 mm ROI)	2D-QElaXto (15 mm ROI)	p-QElaXto (5 meas)	p-QElaXto (10 meas)	SSI (10 mm ROI)	SSI (15 mm ROI)
Mean liver stiffness (kPa)	3.9	3.9	4.4	4.4	4.6	4.7
Range (kPa)	2.4-6.5	2.7-6.8	3-0-8.1	3.0-8.0	3.5-7.3	3.5-7.1
SD	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
95%CI	3.66-4.11	3.69-4.15	4.13-4.66	4.12-4.65	4.41-4.89	4.44-4.93

2D-QElaXto: 2-dimensional-shear wave elastography; p-QElaXto: Point-shear wave elastography; SSI: SuperSonic Imagine; ROI: Region of interest; CI: Confidence interval.

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Citation: Viceconti N, Paratore M, Del Zompo F, Zocco MA, Ainora ME, Esposto G, Gasbarrini A, Pompili M, Riccardi L, Garcovich M. Shear wave elastography in healthy patients: Pancreatic stiffness is less reliable than liver and spleen measurements. World J Radiol 2025; 17(11): 111651
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Viceconti N, Paratore M, Del Zompo F, Zocco MA, Ainora ME, Esposto G, Gasbarrini A, Pompili M, Riccardi L, Garcovich M. Shear wave elastography in healthy patients: Pancreatic stiffness is less reliable than liver and spleen measurements. World J Radiol 2025; 17(11): 111651 [PMID: 41356758 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i11.111651]

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